wrx5

Hi Guys,

I am planning to convert halogen H7 bulbs with HID ones for my 09/2008 530i E60 LCI. Headlights has projector housing already (for low beams). So just xenon bulb + ballast is missing.

I found this on the Ebay. Philips Superslim 55W 6000K HID Xenon Canbus Conversion Full KIT Brandnew H7 | eBay

Do you think this will be okay? Has anybody used it?

Thanks.

sanjsanj

I don't think Phillips make aftermarket HID kits mate:

Fake Philips HID bulbs very common now, in fact on the internet most are Counterfeits

Canada22

Forget that. Do this.

https://5series.net/forums/diy-do-yo...nstall-140607/

Voila all solved.

DDMTUNING.com Order (5000k) has a TOUCH of blue looks stock, get the capacitor canceller if you don't know how to do coding. Literally a hole here, a zip tie there and there, and plug and play.

wrx5

Unfortunately I have bought it. I tried to install them yesterday. Bulbs work around 3 seconds at the start of engine (light switch is on auto) after that looks like car cuts the power. Same scenario at every car start. Bulbs work for only 3 seconds. Error comes up on the screen.



Any solution to that?

Canada22

The car is looking for Xenon bulbs. It will only send a pulse, the car finds that the bulb isn't halogen and cuts out the power.

I can't help you beyond that... The HID kit comes with a capacitor which is an error cancelling device "fooling" the computer into thinking it has halogens but they are HID/Xenon.

Good luck.

wrx5

I have attached a pictrue of what I have. Do you think this kit already has got that capacitor? I have marked 2 parts on the attached picture I thought maybe they are the capacitors that fooling to car's computer.

Canada22

Those do look like the capacitors. But again not familiar with other companies products so if they sent you a defective ballast it is possible that you would get that error.

Mine was literally plug and play.

wrx5

Strange part is that it works everytime when I start the engine duration of 3 seconds only.

If I buy a error canceller would it solve the problem?

quanger

Try turn them on first, then turn the ignition on.

wrx5

I tried that. Unfortunately same result.